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Speaking with the Orishas: Divination and Propitiation in the Lukumi Religion
Title
Speaking with the Orishas: Divination and Propitiation in the Lukumi Religion.
Creator
Marrero, Kristi, Howard, Rosalyn, Matejowsky, Ty, Reyes-Foster, Beatriz, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The Lucum(&)#237; religion was born in Cuba from African and European religious systems. The enslaved Yoruba were brought to the New World through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. They were taken from their homes, family, language, and religion and brought to countries like Cuba to provide free labor to growing agricultural markets that benefited European colonizers of the Americas. The Yoruba would hold on to their religion, but in order to keep it alive, they would have to make it into a new...
Show moreThe Lucum(&)#237; religion was born in Cuba from African and European religious systems. The enslaved Yoruba were brought to the New World through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. They were taken from their homes, family, language, and religion and brought to countries like Cuba to provide free labor to growing agricultural markets that benefited European colonizers of the Americas. The Yoruba would hold on to their religion, but in order to keep it alive, they would have to make it into a new religion. This new religion would become the religion known as Lucum(&)#237;. In Cuba, Lucum(&)#237; practitioners would hide their religion beneath the fa(&)#231;ade of Catholicism. The orishas were associated with Catholic saints with similar attributes. The orisha Chang(&)#243;, who governs war and presides over lightning, became associated with Saint Barbara who is the patron saint of artillerymen and is linked to lightning. The Yoruba could be seen praying to a saint but were actually praying to an orisha. This practice became ingrained as a part of Lucum(&)#237; tradition. Divination and propitiation are at the center of the Lucum(&)#237; religion. Divination determines the course of a practitioner's life and can reveal whether practitioners are in a good or bad position in their lives. Propitiation will ensure that good fortune will remain or that bad omens will disappear.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
CFE0005526, ucf:50325
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005526
Leon sellers
Title
Leon sellers.
Date Created
1900s
Identifier
DP0015462
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015462
Florida barber shop
Title
A Florida barber shop.
Identifier
DP0015460
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015460
Two of a kind
Title
Two of a kind.
Date Created
1906
Identifier
DP0015478
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015478
This am no lemon
Title
This am no lemon.
Date Created
1910
Identifier
DP0015486
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015486
"Have a smile with me?"
Title
"Have a smile with me?".
Identifier
DP0015465
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015465
regular cut up
Title
A regular cut up.
Date Created
1906
Identifier
DP0015477
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015477
Pastorial Puerto Rico
Title
Pastorial Puerto Rico.
Creator
Hoffman, Irwin D.
Date Created
1935
Identifier
DP0015338
Format
Image (JPEG)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015338
In Double Exile: A Memoir
Title
In Double Exile: A Memoir.
Creator
Beckwin, Deborah, Nwakanma, Obi, Roney, Lisa, Thaxton, Terry, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
In Double Exile: A Memoir examines the life of a family of Ghanaian immigrants and their journeys of acculturation, and the impact of the father's spiraling mental health issues on his family. Through the eyes of their daughter, this thesis briefly explores their lives on the right side of the Atlantic, as medical professionals, and then focuses on the life of their daughter born in America on the left side of the Atlantic. As novelist Georges Simenon has said, (")I am at home everywhere, and...
Show moreIn Double Exile: A Memoir examines the life of a family of Ghanaian immigrants and their journeys of acculturation, and the impact of the father's spiraling mental health issues on his family. Through the eyes of their daughter, this thesis briefly explores their lives on the right side of the Atlantic, as medical professionals, and then focuses on the life of their daughter born in America on the left side of the Atlantic. As novelist Georges Simenon has said, (")I am at home everywhere, and nowhere. I am never a stranger and I never quite belong.(") This memoir explores this tension between alienation and connection, as a second-generation immigrant grows up navigating between various cultures: to dominant American culture, evangelical Christian/Southern culture, African-American culture, and Ghanaian culture. In an attempt to understand the present, this thesis is a sankofa journey back into the author's history. Spanning over four decades, the memoir uncovers various exilic configurations: exiled from family, from ethnic heritage, from home, and from one's self.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
CFE0005304, ucf:50529
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005304
MAMMY
Title
MAMMY.
Date Created
1930s
Identifier
DP0015356
Format
Image (JPEG)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015356
I'd rather two step than waltz
Title
I'd rather two step than waltz.
Identifier
DP0015483
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015483
native product
Title
A native product.
Date Created
1910
Identifier
DP0015487
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015487
dark outlook
Title
A dark outlook.
Description
Printed color Black Americana postcards. Front: Five black children looking out of a window. Card entitled "A Dark Outlook". Addressed to Mr. Ralph Berridge. Stamped "EVANSVILLE IND. SEP 15 6 PM 1907".
Date Created
1907
Identifier
DP0015481
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015481
"Honey, we'se waitin' fo' you all" in beautiful Florida
Title
"Honey, we'se waitin' fo' you all" in beautiful Florida.
Date Created
1910s
Identifier
DP0015492
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015492
Best wishes for a happy New Year
Title
Best wishes for a happy New Year.
Date Created
1911
Identifier
DP0015488
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015488
"Deed Child's, I's didn't know you's was dare."
Title
"Deed Child's, I's didn't know you's was dare.".
Creator
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
Date Created
1898
Identifier
DP0015452
Format
Image (JPEG)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015452
"Dis sho' am good"
Title
"Dis sho' am good".
Identifier
DP0015342
Format
Image (JPEG)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015342
rising sun stove polish
Title
The rising sun stove polish.
Date Created
1885-1895
Identifier
DP0015355
Format
E-book
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015355
Ole Virginia Hickory Chips
Title
Ole Virginia Hickory Chips.
Date Created
1940s
Identifier
DP0015371
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015371
Old Black Joe speckled butter beans
Title
Old Black Joe speckled butter beans.
Date Created
1940s
Identifier
DP0015349
Format
Image (JPEG)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015349

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